67 : 62 : 13 : 01 . Eligibility criteria. To be eligible for individualized and mobile program of assertive community treatment (IMPACT) services, a client must be eighteen years of age or older, meet the serious mental illness criteria pursuant to § 67:62:12:01 , and the following:

1. (1) The client must have a medical necessity to receive IMPACT services, as determined by a clinical supervisor;
2. (2) The client must be approved by the department to receive IMPACT services;
3. (3) The client must understand the IMPACT model and voluntarily consent to receive IMPACT services or, must be under a transfer of commitment from the Human Services Center;
4. (4) No other appropriate community-based mental health service is available for the client; and

5. (5) The client must meet four of the following:

   1. (a) Have persistent or recurrent difficulty performing daily living tasks, except with significant support or assistance from friends, family, relatives, community mental health providers, or others;
   2. (b) Have frequent psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations within the past year;
   3. (c) Have constant or cyclical turmoil with family, social, or legal systems or inability to integrate successfully into the community;
   4. (d) Reside in an inpatient facility, jail, prison, or residential facility and be clinically assessed as able to live in a more independent living situation, if intensive services are provided;
   5. (e) Have an imminent threat of losing housing or becoming homeless; or
   6. (f) Be likely to need residential or institutional placement if more intensive community-based services are not provided.

Source: 43 SDR 80 , effective December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 27A-5-1 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 27A-3-1 , 27A-5-1 .

Prior versions effective: 2016-12-05.